EconomyNews
These 3 Charts Show What Different States Spend on Corporate Welfare
The federal government is not the only source of corporate welfare. According to Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at… Read More
EconomyNews
Government Workers Take Break From Regulating to Carve Jack-o’-Lanterns
NASHVILLE—Halloween is fast approaching. And at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, officials want to boost morale by teaching workers to carve jack-o’-lanterns. Why… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Are We Paying $300 Million to Help the Brazilian Cotton Industry?
Taxpayers are being forced to pay $300 million to help the cotton industry–the Brazilian cotton industry–in order to resolve a long-standing dispute between the U.S…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
All About the Money: Why Government Spending and Debt Matter for Millennials
If you’re a millennial who recently returned to your college campus or started your first job, you probably haven’t paid much attention to the trillion-dollar… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This Government Program Can’t Even Give Money Away
Surprise, surprise: Companies aren’t lining up to become the next Solyndra. Imagine that. The Wall Street Journal reports that companies are hesitating to take loan… Read More
EconomyNews
San Diego Port to Get $500K From Government for Artwork
Just south of San Diego, the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry is currently undergoing a major renovation to create a “port of the future.”… Read More
EconomyFeature
FBI Radio: Public Service or Self-Serving?
Listen to the radio and you might run across a segment that sounds something like a news report. A newsy music introduction plays as a… Read More
EconomyNews
Iowa Not Sure How Many People Got Extra Unemployment Benefits by Accident
DES MOINES, Iowa — Bureaucrats at Iowa Workforce Development admit they don’t know how many people were paid extra unemployment benefits in March, nor can… Read More
EconomyNews
Unreleased Robin Williams Film Got $302K in Funding From Tenn. Taxpayers
NASHVILLE — One of Robin Williams’ final movies, “Boulevard,” filmed in Nashville more than a year ago with a $302,000 investment from Tennessee taxpayers, still… Read More
EconomyNews
Unemployment Benefit Checks Sent to People Who Weren’t Signed Up for Them
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Workforce Development may have trouble managing money, but its management understands the importance of politeness. In early March, the agency,… Read More
EconomyNews
Federal Agency Paid Amtrak Informant $850K for Information It Could’ve Had for Free
Over two decades, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency paid an informant inside Amtrak nearly $1 million for information readily available to law enforcement. The DEA… Read More
EconomyNews
Study: Cash for Clunkers Was a $3 Billion Jalopy
A new study finds the government’s Cash for Clunkers program hurt the industry it intended to help, leaving taxpayers to cover the $3 billion price… Read More
LawNews
This Obama Insider Got Deep Discount for $14K Family Trip on U.S. Jet
It was off to the races for a top Obama administration official earlier this summer — and on the taxpayers’ dime. Attorney General Eric Holder… Read More
EconomyNews
Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab for IRS Union’s Salaries, Office Space
While Congress takes its five-week vacation, the hard work of union organizing continues at the National Treasury Employees Union. And it’s subsidized by taxpayers. The Washington Times… Read More
LawNews
Most of Government’s Own Watchdogs Say They’re Stonewalled
More than half of the federal government’s inspectors general have joined to lodge a formal complaint that the Obama administration places “serious limitations” on their… Read More
EconomyNews
City OKs $100,000 in Taxpayer Money to Lure ‘The Bachelor’
SANTA FE, N.M.—“The Bachelor” is one of television’s highest-rated shows. But for taxpayers such as Jill Meyer, the decision by the Santa Fe City Council to commit… Read More
Health CareNews
Federal Health Program Under Fire: ‘Karl Marx Couldn’t Have Come Up With This’
A federal program designed to make Americans “healthy people” is getting broader. Healthy People 2000—launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The CIA’s Twitter Is Not #Winning
Carl Colby grew up in a family where no one talked about what dad did. Even family outings were mysterious. “We’d go somewhere — family… Read More
SecurityNews
Newt Gingrich: ‘Turn the Pentagon Into a Triangle’
Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that he would like to “turn the Pentagon into a triangle.” “I always tell people I’m… Read More
EconomyNews
Conservative Coalition Issues Stern Warning on Ex-Im Bank
Leaders of top conservative organizations joined forces to deliver a clear message to Republican lawmakers: Allowing the charter of the Export-Import Bank to expire is… Read More
EconomyCommentary
EPA Is Desperately in Need of Budget Cuts. Here’s a Few Places to Start.
Of late, it seems the Environmental Protection Agency has been acting like a misbehaved child—recklessly doing what it wants at the expense of others without… Read More
EconomyNews
Red Card! Government Workers Caught Watching World Cup While on the Clock
Millions of soccer fans around the world have tuned in to watch the World Cup—including some California state workers who tuned out to catch games… Read More
SocietyNews
This State Won $7M from Taxpayers … for Wasting $48M in Food Stamps
MIAMI — Florida once again is getting a hefty bonus from federal officials for “saving” taxpayers money. This year, the state’s Department of Children and… Read More
Economy News
Lawmakers Split Over Busting Budget Cap to Fight Wildfires
In asking for $3.7 billion from Congress yesterday to combat the border crisis, President Obama attached another request that has nothing to do with illegal… Read More
EducationNews
‘Happy,’ Taxpayers? Police Film Music Video While on Duty
MADISON, Wis. — Leaders of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department figured that the department would be more effective if officers are viewed as hipper and approachable…. Read More
EconomyNews
Export-Import Bank Didn’t Make 2012 Reforms Ordered by Congress
“Reauthorize with reforms.” That’s the new mantra from supporters of renewing the charter of the Export-Import Bank. But a review of reforms that Congress ordered… Read More
EconomyNews
Watch Your Step: Hawaii Taxpayers Will Pay $81,000 for ‘Fall-Prevention Coordinator’
HONOLULU—Take careful steps. When possible, stay in your seat and, by all means, grab hold of that railing. Simple advice, apparently from much simpler times…. Read More
EconomyNews
Schumer Plans to ‘Pressure’ House to Save Export-Import Bank
Advocates of pulling the plug on the Export-Import Bank are girding to resist what they see as a “blatantly partisan maneuver” in the Senate to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
3 World-Famous Landmarks That Cost Less Per Square Foot Than This Government Building
The newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is renovating the Washington, D.C., headquarters it rents—at a cost per square foot that is more expensive than Trump… Read More
EconomyNews
John Boehner’s Warning to Harry Reid: ‘As Long as I’m Speaker, There Will Be No Earmarks’
House Speaker John Boehner pushed back against recent rumblings by top Senate Democrats that earmarks are making a return, saying in a new video that… Read More
